Obsolete not sure about that. Considering that people still buy SP1200's and vinyl records.I will likely, finally sell my mpc4000 once I know for sure that the MPC X can do 24bit and at least 48khz for vocals. If it has 128 polyphony then I'm really happy.

I would never buy it at this price though. The devalution will be too steep. To me gear should be lowering in price as tech hardware is not expensive anymore. Price is set too high. If you finance this and aren't making money with your music then you are really wasting money. Seen it happen all too often. I can wait 3 years for lower cost (under $1000) and OS stability. Glad they made it but they are gouging. Korg is making fun stuff at lower cost.i just sold our band's working low mileage full sized 1996 van for US$2750. Think about that for perspective.cheersian

People buy multiple controllers which probably amount to what a Live or MPCX is worth. I'm not expecting the Standalone to have everything. But to be able to switch back and forth on the computer is great. Some people may find themselves never hooking up to the computer. All depends on your workflow.